Education

Government targets, such as the drive to reduce truancy, add a further layer of ‘admin and management’ for busy schools and colleges.

Improving the day-to-day operations and communications by introducing comprehensive, collaborative and efficient IT solutions to replace manual processes will optimise time for staff, students and parents. More time can be spent educating the students and less time on administrative tasks.

Texting has helped drive truancy rates down at Castle View secondary school in Essex. An SMS Gateway is linked to the school’s electronic ‘register’.

Parents are immediately notified by text if their child fails to turn up for registration, with a request to contact the school to provide a reason for absence.

The result is a truancy rate of just 0.5% – placing attendance well above the 95% set by the Government.

Education Case Studies

Brockenhurst College

SMS messaging service enables tutors to contact pupils quickly and easily, and also provides a solution to handle incoming enquiries, allowing the college to provide a self-service information option for all students.
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Castle View School

Texting Success for Instant Communication with Parents – The school has successfully reduced the unauthorised absence rate by combining its electronic registration system with SMS notification of absence.
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Telford & Wrekin Council

SMS solutions have been installed into all 13 local schools – “They can send out reminders about parents’ evenings, for example, or messages to individual parents about success that their children have achieved in class.”
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